56 Eph. 1:9–10 (p. 261).
55There is no ground for treating the αἰνες here as other than temporal—for translating ἐν τοις αίὡσιν τοις ἐπεϱϰoμένοις as “among the attacking [hostile] aeons,” a rendering which M. Barth quotes but does not accept (Ephesians, pp. 222–23). See p. 281 above, with nn. 20-21.
56Eph. 1:9–10 (p. 261).
57Gk. τò ὐπεϱβάλλον πλοῦτος τῆς ϰάϱιτος αὐτοῦ (cf. Eph. 1:7).
58Gk. ϰϱηστóτης.
59See p. 271, n. 133.
60Cf. John Bunyan: “Sinner, thou thinkest that because of thy sins and infirmities I cannot save thy soul, but behold my Son is by me, and upon him I look, and not on thee, and will deal with thee according as I am pleased with him” (Grace Abounding, § 258).
61Gk. ἔλεος (v. 4), ϰάϱις (vv. 5, 7, 8), ξϱηστóτης (v. 7).
62Gk. διὰ πίστεως. AD1 Ψ and the majority of cursives insert τῆς before πίστεως.